Email this article Traits of Biomorphic Structure Formation in Kamchatka Geyserites
- Authors: Zhegallo E.A.1, Zaytseva L.V.1, Orleansky V.K.2, Samylina O.S.2, Karpov G.A.3
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Affiliations:
- Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Federal Research Center “Fundamentals of Biotechnology,” Russian Academy of Sciences
- Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 52, No 10 (2018)
- Pages: 1172-1178
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0031-0301/article/view/167575
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030118100155
- ID: 167575
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Abstract
Microstructures of silicic rocks shaped by the activity of thermophilic bacterial communities in active volcanism areas of Kamchatka are described in the present article. The role of microorganisms as a special matrix that accelerates the formation of microlayered rocks of mixed chemogenic and biogenic origin is demonstrated. The authors suggest the term “biosilicites” for such rocks.
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E. A. Zhegallo
Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: ezheg@paleo.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117647
L. V. Zaytseva
Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: l.zaytseva@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117647
V. K. Orleansky
Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Federal Research Center “Fundamentals of Biotechnology,”Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: karpovga@kscnet.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119071
O. S. Samylina
Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Federal Research Center “Fundamentals of Biotechnology,”Russian Academy of Sciences
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Email: olga.samylina@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119071
G. A. Karpov
Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Email: karpovga@kscnet.ru
Russian Federation, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii, 683006
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